Retired
15th JDC Judge Allen M. Babineaux, 79, died
Monday, August 23, 2004 in Lafayette. He graduated from
the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1947, Loyola
University School of Law in 1950 and National College
of State Judiciary, University of Nevada in 1973. A
World War II veteran who served in the South Pacific,
he served as a representative in the Louisiana State
Legislature for Lafayette Parish from 1956 to 1960.
He was in the private practice of law until 1972 when
he was elected to the 15th JDC, where he served until
his retirement in 1996. He was a member of the 15th
Judicial District Judges Association, Louisiana State
Judges Association, American Judges Association and
the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
Extremely active in promoting the Acadian culture, he
was the original director and member of the executive
committee Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
(CODOFIL), 1985 CODOFIL delegate at the council meeting
in Quebec City of the Secretariat Permanent des Peuples
Francophones, and represented Louisiana at the First
North American French Conference held in Montreal in
1968. He was the recipient of many honors and awards
including Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Doctor in Jure
(honoris causa), University of Moncton, New Brunswick,
Canada, and was honorary president for Congrès
Mondial Acadien - Louisiane 1999.